Does competition drive character differences between species on a macroevolutionary scale?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2341-2347

  Monroe, M J ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Character displacement; Competition; Competitive exclusion; Limiting similarity; Macroevolution; Mammals

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; NICHE OVERLAP; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SYMPATRY; TIMESCALE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMPATRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; PHENOTYPE; SYMPATRY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84868103506     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02609.x     Document Type: Article

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